The Maine DOE Office of Special Services strongly encourages school districts to attend professional development sessions in evidence-based practice and ongoing technical assistance. Continue reading “DOE offers training for special educators”
Category: Special Education
Questions & answers posed during Rule Ch. 33 webinar
The Maine DOE presented a Listen & Learn webinar on Chapter 33, ““Rule Governing Physical Restraint and Seclusion,” for special education directors, CDS administrators and others on Oct. 25, as a follow-up to the initial presentation on May 31 (available on the Department’s Chapter 33 web page).
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Gov. LePage declares Nov. 2 “Shannon Shanning Day”
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Shannon Shanning, Maine’s 2013 Teacher of the Year, joined other semi-finalists at a banquet marking the end of the latest Teacher of the Year cycle on Nov. 2. During the banquet, Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen presented Shanning with a proclamation from Gov. LePage, making Nov. 2, 2012, “Shannon Shanning Day.”
Shanning, a seventh- and eighth-grade special education teacher at Whittier Middle School in Poland, was named Teacher of the Year during a surprise ceremony at her school in September.
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Clarification and Request for Proposals – 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants
The Maine Department of Education issued a Request for Proposals on Oct. 28, 2012, for 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants. The grant funds are for new and continuing grants to support community learning centers that provide students with academic enrichment opportunities along with activities designed to complement the students’ regular academic program.
Special ed’s revocation of parental consent matrix available
The Maine DOE has updated a guidance document, initially developed by Marcye Gray, which reviews the effects and implications of a parent’s decision to revoke consent for provision of special education services. Continue reading “Special ed’s revocation of parental consent matrix available”
Mandatory civil rights data collection open to districts
School districts can now submit Civil Rights Data Collection forms for the 2011-12 school year. Continue reading “Mandatory civil rights data collection open to districts”
Parent-friendly procedural safeguards available
The Maine Department of Education has developed a companion document to the legally-required procedural safeguards. Continue reading “Parent-friendly procedural safeguards available”
Notice of Proposed Rule Change: Chapter 101, Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty
The Maine Department of Education is proposing changes to Chapter 101, “Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty,” a Maine Department of Education rule. Continue reading “Notice of Proposed Rule Change: Chapter 101, Maine Unified Special Education Regulation Birth to Age Twenty”
Mandatory race and ethnicity reports due Nov. 30
The 2012 EEO-5 Online Filing System is now open and accepting annual reports from school districts in either the revised race and ethnicity categories or the prior U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission race and ethnicity categories.
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Learn more about collaborative problem solving approach to school discipline
Teachers, administrators, school counselors and mental health specialists are invited to attend the second annual Lives in the Balance conference to learn more about the Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) approach to school discipline practices.
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